friday night, finally (arriving on wednesday morning, but you take your little holidays when you can)
thing is, I actually LOOK FORWARD to going to work. last night was an exception, but mostly because I get annoyed by wierd little things. I like where I work because it gives me plenty of time to read (of course, if anyone from the Dept. of Corrections is...
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thing is, I actually LOOK FORWARD to going to work. last night was an exception, but mostly because I get annoyed by wierd little things. I like where I work because it gives me plenty of time to read (of course, if anyone from the Dept. of Corrections is...
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FINALLY back on line--
(not sure this is really a good thing, as for the past couple of days, instead of spending a couple of hours mindless surfing around the 'net, I've been reading, drawing, practicing the guitar, etc.--& far-flung friends that complain that my "line's always busy" when they try to call have been able to get thru--)
anyway, came home from work a...
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(not sure this is really a good thing, as for the past couple of days, instead of spending a couple of hours mindless surfing around the 'net, I've been reading, drawing, practicing the guitar, etc.--& far-flung friends that complain that my "line's always busy" when they try to call have been able to get thru--)
anyway, came home from work a...
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catculus:
The internet is like drugs...
thanks for the countdown. It made me laugh
thanks for the countdown. It made me laugh
tororo:
Hello, fellow connoisseur.
Thanks for asking news of the exhibition....
The exhibition was somewhat drowned in a flood of suchlike events, 'cause october there is la Fte du Livre (the Books Festival) allover the country ( soon to be followed by Le mois de la Photo.... we just adore national events), and exhibitions of books illustrator's works were a dime a dozen. Bah! Will do another this Spring.
I did the same constatations you did: I spent most of my life whitout... etc.... and now I feel like...
And my experience also told me that if I ask, say, 7 (or 8) different people, at least one of them might know what to do, & will be able to explain it in baby language.
I have also become addicted to SG, and if "cut-off", I soon miss all of its content.
Could you imagine I even miss ratsonjulia's journal when I'm away from my computer for some days?
Clearly, this is part of the alien conspiracy.
Thanks for asking news of the exhibition....
The exhibition was somewhat drowned in a flood of suchlike events, 'cause october there is la Fte du Livre (the Books Festival) allover the country ( soon to be followed by Le mois de la Photo.... we just adore national events), and exhibitions of books illustrator's works were a dime a dozen. Bah! Will do another this Spring.
I did the same constatations you did: I spent most of my life whitout... etc.... and now I feel like...
And my experience also told me that if I ask, say, 7 (or 8) different people, at least one of them might know what to do, & will be able to explain it in baby language.
I have also become addicted to SG, and if "cut-off", I soon miss all of its content.
Could you imagine I even miss ratsonjulia's journal when I'm away from my computer for some days?
Clearly, this is part of the alien conspiracy.
back to work tonight.
for a good chunk of last week I found myself in the Infirmary Cage, which is a rotten place to work if you smoke (I do) but not so bad if one has had the foresight to secrete a good book or two on one's person or in ones lunchbox.
the infirmary cage is, in fact a cage at the entrance...
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for a good chunk of last week I found myself in the Infirmary Cage, which is a rotten place to work if you smoke (I do) but not so bad if one has had the foresight to secrete a good book or two on one's person or in ones lunchbox.
the infirmary cage is, in fact a cage at the entrance...
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tororo:
Do you mean they allow you in everyday WITHOUT a complete body searching?
How uncautious!
oh, and Flaubert's quote was from le Dictionnaire des Ides Reues: some sort of counterpart to Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary...
How uncautious!
oh, and Flaubert's quote was from le Dictionnaire des Ides Reues: some sort of counterpart to Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary...
freyja__:
funny... you dont LOOK like a julia...
*scratches head*
*scratches head*
That's my favorite part, rewind my life on.
When my world got dark, and you turned my life on.
I watched it for hours again and again in my head.
I did.
I see I was down on you, more than I needed to be.
I'd say I'm sorry but then you'd think I'm lyin'
Chorus:
Maria, shut up and kiss me.
Stop shakin', stand...
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When my world got dark, and you turned my life on.
I watched it for hours again and again in my head.
I did.
I see I was down on you, more than I needed to be.
I'd say I'm sorry but then you'd think I'm lyin'
Chorus:
Maria, shut up and kiss me.
Stop shakin', stand...
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chaosmonkey:
:: just out of curiosity...have you ever heard of a writer named Jim Knipfel? ::
Doesn't sound familiar... should I have?
Doesn't sound familiar... should I have?
indie:
THANKS FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISH!
I should never EVER try to write anything while on-line.
not because what I usually write is insipid & stupid, but because it seems more often than not a wrong keystroke or a server fuck-up will wipe it out without so much a satisfying little wisp of smoke.
ah well.
this is kinda frustrating for me, as I'm not the type of person who could...
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not because what I usually write is insipid & stupid, but because it seems more often than not a wrong keystroke or a server fuck-up will wipe it out without so much a satisfying little wisp of smoke.
ah well.
this is kinda frustrating for me, as I'm not the type of person who could...
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orchid1:
I'm happy you want to steal it, you're a great writer.
That is pretty damn ironic about the rating...
That is pretty damn ironic about the rating...
slightpressureok:
No no no. *I* was the one being snippy!
Pals?
Pals?
some quotes that i came across the other day while trying to hunt down the line in Baron Munchhausen about the Empress of Russia--couldn't find it...I'll just have to find me another copy of the movie...it seems like a house just isn't a home without a little Munchhausen around...)
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
Frank Zappa
All great deeds and all...
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Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
Frank Zappa
All great deeds and all...
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tororo:
Nostradamus = wise guy.
And for a quote that just kinda popped into my head? Hard to find one rivaling with those above!
Maybe :
"Idiots- those who think differently than us"
- Gustave Flaubert
And for a quote that just kinda popped into my head? Hard to find one rivaling with those above!
Maybe :
"Idiots- those who think differently than us"
- Gustave Flaubert
situation developing which could be wonderful, could be a disaster, could just plain not happen--
was approved for annual leave the last week of December, during which I'll probably fly to NYC for a few days to see my partner & become briefly re-aquainted with civilization.
recieved phone call from a woman I became somewhat involved over the summer, who I kinda think I could...
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was approved for annual leave the last week of December, during which I'll probably fly to NYC for a few days to see my partner & become briefly re-aquainted with civilization.
recieved phone call from a woman I became somewhat involved over the summer, who I kinda think I could...
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hatefulerin:
sounds like a very very complicated situation...
but hey, since you'll be in nyc at the end of december, you should go to the sgny new years eve party!
but hey, since you'll be in nyc at the end of december, you should go to the sgny new years eve party!
[an excerpt from another old piece, just for the hell of it]
[& my bid for the "prohibitively-long-entry" contest]
Those of you on the East Coast may have noticed that news from rural Nevada hass been spotty & irregular, like Oscar Wilde at the end. Theres a reason for that.
Shortly after arriving back in Nevada I took a long, hard look at self in...
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[& my bid for the "prohibitively-long-entry" contest]
Those of you on the East Coast may have noticed that news from rural Nevada hass been spotty & irregular, like Oscar Wilde at the end. Theres a reason for that.
Shortly after arriving back in Nevada I took a long, hard look at self in...
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tororo:
So sorry I'm lacking some of the references (television? radio shows?) needed to appreciate fully... but I find it nevertheless hilarious. Hey, when I think of it... Idi, Meg Thatcher... were not getting any younger, all of us, don't we?
earplug6947:
the ghost of william gaddis?
[orphan piece from maybe a year ago just unearthed on hard-drive]
To Whom it May Concern:
In the saturday edition of your paper, hidden way back in the Lifestyles section, I came across a lead sentence that has prompted me to write this missive:
The article, a review of a presentation of one-act plays by a local theatre company, opens with the line: "Writing a...
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To Whom it May Concern:
In the saturday edition of your paper, hidden way back in the Lifestyles section, I came across a lead sentence that has prompted me to write this missive:
The article, a review of a presentation of one-act plays by a local theatre company, opens with the line: "Writing a...
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tororo:
I saw a review on Welch's book here:
/http://www.dancingbadger.com/
(I first tried to insert a link directly to the review's page, but for some reason the link didn't work....)
/http://www.dancingbadger.com/
(I first tried to insert a link directly to the review's page, but for some reason the link didn't work....)
orchid1:
Yup. Same band, I didn't know they were from SLC. Is that Susie Homemaker quote from Cruddy?
took the little neice to the duckpond & then the park for a little while this afternoon. (had I known we we were going to the duckpond I might've scrounged up something to toss to 'em, but we just kinda ENDED UP at the duckpond--so we just kinda looked at the ducks, she giggled at the geese--& we moved on)
the sister was pissed because...
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the sister was pissed because...
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orchid1:
I think maybe it reminds people of mr Burns as an alien in the field, I bring you peeeaaaaccceeee.....
snow:
nothing funny about it. 
oooo. much scarier.
tororo:
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new pitcher--although I still look somewhat queasy.
was going to try & do something a bit Halloweeny--sinister, spooky, menacing--perhaps holding a bloody hatchet or scimitar, but the only item I have that's vaguely similar is a vegetable peeler or possibly a wax banana. sigh.
anyway, it's friday. MY friday, anyway. it's somehow not quite as momentous when it rolls around at 5 am on Tuesday...
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was going to try & do something a bit Halloweeny--sinister, spooky, menacing--perhaps holding a bloody hatchet or scimitar, but the only item I have that's vaguely similar is a vegetable peeler or possibly a wax banana. sigh.
anyway, it's friday. MY friday, anyway. it's somehow not quite as momentous when it rolls around at 5 am on Tuesday...
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tororo:
Congratulations for having been framed! (my modest contribution to the Strange Compliments thread).
The exhibition is in the Chapelle des Penitents Bleus in La Ciotat.... (sounds touristic, isn't it?)
Are Little Niece and Little Nephew o.k.? I assume this year's Halloween will be great for them.
The exhibition is in the Chapelle des Penitents Bleus in La Ciotat.... (sounds touristic, isn't it?)
Are Little Niece and Little Nephew o.k.? I assume this year's Halloween will be great for them.
orchid1:
You should look at frankestein's (I think) profile. He has very creepy pictures.
I think Snuggle's moves his head from side to side kind of like he is about to start spinning it...
I think Snuggle's moves his head from side to side kind of like he is about to start spinning it...
that feeling of emotional blockage sucks.